Supermicro X11QPH+ User Manual page 3

About This Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, IT technicians and knowledgeable end users.
It provides information for the installation and use of the X11QPH+ motherboard.
About This Motherboard
The X11QPH+ motherboard supports four Intel Xeon Scalable-SP (81xx/61xx/51xx series)
and 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable-SP (82xx/62xx/52xx series) processors (Socket
P0) with the TDP (Thermal Design Power) of up to 205W, and three UPI (UltraPath
Interconnect) links of up to 10.4 GT/s (Note 1 below). With the Intel C621 PCH built-in, this
motherboard supports up to 16 PCI-E 3.0 slots (in 4U chassis) or up to 11 PCI-E 3.0 slots
(in 2U chassis) using WIO/UIO/other riser cards, 14 SATA 3.0 connections, and 12 TB (max)
DDR4 3DS LRDIMM/LRDIMM/3DS RDIMM/RDIMM ECC memory of up to 2933 MHz in
48 DIMM slots (Note 2). It also supports up to 18 TB memory with DCPMM modules. The
X11QPH+ offers maximum performance, system cooling, and IO expendability currently
available on the market. This motherboard is optimized for virtualization, datacenter, and
fi nancial applications, and is ideal for use in 4-way systems with 24x SAS and 4x hybrid
NMVe support. This motherboard is intended to be installed and serviced by professional
technicians only. For processor/memory updates, please refer to our website at http://www.
supermicro.com/products/.
Notes 1. UPI/memory speeds are dependent on the processors installed in your
system. 2. 2933 MHz memory is supported by the 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scablable-SP
(82xx/62xx series) processors. 3. DCPMM memory is supported by the
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scablable-SP (82xx/62xx/52xx/42xx series) processors.
Chapter 1 describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the motherboard, and
provides detailed information on the Intel C621 PCH chip.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when installing the
processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the system.
Chapter 3 describes troubleshooting procedures for video, memory, and system setup stored
in the CMOS.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to the BIOS, and provides detailed information on running
the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Codes.
Appendix B lists software program installation instructions.
Appendix C provides standardized warning statements.
Appendix D contains UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.
Preface
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Preface